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G. J. WEBER.

ARCHITECTURAL COLUMN.

No. 317,053. Patented May 5, 1885.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIC GEORGE J. WEBER, OF BOONVILLE, MISSOURI.

ARCHITECTURAL COLUMN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 317,053, dated May 5, 1885. Application filed July 10, 1884. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE J. WEBER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Boonville, in the county of Cooper and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Architectural Columns, of which the following is a specification.

The subject of my invention is a column for use in the fronts of buildings, adapted for ornamentation, ventilation, and for the display of goods, wares, and merchandise. The said columnis constructed with panels or openings filled with glass, giving light to the interior of the building, and also serving to expose and display goods, which may be placed within the The said openings are further employed for ornamentation by the use of pillars or ornamental panels of wood, metal, or other material. The invention further relates to the provision of hollow columns for display, with means for illuminating the interior of the same The invention further relates to the provision of a hollow column for receiving gas and water pipe or electrical or other wire for conducting or mechanical purposes. The invention also relates to a hollow architectural column provided with doors on the inner side to give access to its interior.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure I is a perspective view of the improved column. Fig.

' II is a horizontal section of the same at II II,

Fig. I.

The frame or main portion A A A of the column may be of cast or wrought iron or other material. In the front and sides are openings B, covered or closed, with plates or panels D, of glass or other material, secured by beads or frames E, which are fastened to the frame or column by screws or rivets F, so as to confine the panels D between said frames or beads E and the face of the frameor column A.

Within the hollow column are any desirable number of shelves, G, constructed with recesses or openings H, to permit the display of goods, of great length within the column, and to permit the passage of pipe and wire up the column for lighting both the column and the building and supplying water for business purposes. In Fig. II the recessed shelves take the form of braces G, having arms extending to the corners of the column for strengthening the same. The said pipes or wires N 0 may be carried up through openings J J in the base of the column. The base of the column is furthermore constructed with an opening, 0, for admitting and exhausting air to and from the interior of the column and building with which it is connected, said opening 0 being provided with a register, I, having a handle, P, for manipulating it from the interior of the building.

The back of the column,which opens to the interior of the building, is provided with any desirable number of doors M. The upper opening, 0, Fig. I, serves also for ventilation, being covered with wire-gauze, perforated metal, or any other suitable material for this purpose; or, if preferred, it is employed for the reception of a glass or other ornamental panel.

Within the open back of the column are flanges K K, for the attachment of the frame L and of the door M. The said door M may extend in one or more parts the whole length or height of the column, and isintended to exclude dust from the interior.

Having thus described my invention, the following is what I claim as new therein and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. A hollow architectural column constructed with openings in its front or sides for the' display of goods, substantially as herein set forth.

2. The hollow architectural column herein described, provided with panels D, secured by frames E, substantially as set forth.

3. The hollow architectural column having shelves G, as herein described.

4. The hollow architectural column constructed with horizontal braces G, formed and applied substantially as herein set forth, to strengthen the column and serve also for the display of goods.

5. A hollow architectural column provided with internal shelves, G, having recesses or openings H for the display of long goods, substantially as herein set forth.

6. A hollow architectural column, in com bination with conducting pipes or wires passflanges K, frame L, and door M, as and for the purposes set forth.

11. A hollow column constructed, substantially as herein'set forth, with panels for display and ornamentation.

12. The hollow architectural column herein shown and described, constructed with openings B and shelves G, for the purpose set forth.

13. An architectural column with openings in its face and sides, said openings filled or covered with glass for the purpose of admitting light to the interior of buildings.

GEO. J. WVEBER.

Witnesses:

WV. G. PENDLETON, R. W. WHITLAW. 

